Patents by Inventor John J. Yourek

John J. Yourek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for event driven baggage management
    Patent number: 7866554
    Abstract: Systems and methods for event driven baggage management are disclosed. Readers are used to detect and monitor the location of tags attached to baggage as the baggage moves from the point at which a traveler drops of the baggage at the origin of a trip to the point at which the traveler picks up the baggage at a destination location. Methods and systems that are capable of detecting when a bag has been lost or misdirected and searching for the lost or misdirected bag are also disclosed. Notification may be sent directly to a traveler or the carrier when specified baggage events occur. Additionally, systems and methods for communicating a destination of an object to a wireless earphone device worn by an object handler are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sabre, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome E. Cash, Joseph R. Offutt, John J. Yourek
  • Systems and methods for event driven baggage management
    Patent number: 7243845
    Abstract: Systems and methods for event driven baggage management are disclosed. Readers are used to detect and monitor the location of tags attached to baggage as the baggage moves from the point at which a traveler drops of the baggage at the origin of a trip to the point at which the traveler picks up the baggage at a destination location. Methods and systems that are capable of detecting when a bag has been lost or misdirected and searching for the lost or misdirected bag are also disclosed. Notification may be sent directly to a traveler or the carrier when specified baggage events occur. Additionally, systems and methods for communicating a destination of an object to a wireless earphone device worn by an object handler are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sabre, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome E. Cash, Joseph R. Offutt, John J. Yourek
  • Systems and methods for event driven baggage management
    Publication number: 20020134836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for event driven baggage management are disclosed. Readers are used to detect and monitor the location of tags attached to baggage as the baggage moves from the point at which a traveler drops of the baggage at the origin of a trip to the point at which the traveler picks up the baggage at a destination location. Methods and systems that are capable of detecting when a bag has been lost or misdirected and searching for the lost or misdirected bag are also disclosed. Notification may be sent directly to a traveler or the carrier when specified baggage events occur. Additionally, systems and methods for communicating a destination of an object to a wireless earphone device worn by an object handler are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Jerome E. Cash, Joseph R. Offutt, John J. Yourek